i honestly thing the biggest misconception about SH is that people do it for attention :/ yes there are SOME people that do it for this reason but most never let anyone see them.. most have 1 person that they trust that knows but they try to hide them from everyone else..

cutting is something i used to think was stupid and i didnt understand. my friend in 7 grade started then this year i started it is something i now understand is to get rid of pain by making a different type of pain. when i told my best friend i found out she used to cut. the misconception people i think make is that we do it out of selfpity. i do it out of guilt.

This post was so well written that it made me cry. My friend also self harms and some one called her an attention seeking bitch. It made her so mxch worse and was the reason she broke her 3 month clean streak.

These people usually do not need hepl, but someone to just listen to them. They are normal just like everyone else, but for one reason or another dont feel support from their environment and friends and that pushes them during some periods to harm themselves